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Starting today, Monday my work schedule is now 3 am up to 12:00 pm.
Whew! Our supervisor realized I am just a walking distance from work and so she placed me on this schedule. I don’t know what to say. I was shocked when I first saw the final schedule. I was like, okay, okay. I can do this. But, deep inside I was really not so convinced. I waked up very early, 2 am. I had to wake up Ronel too, so I have companion. I can’t walk that 500 steps alone, of course. I am typing this at work, cause we have less calls today due to the holiday season. I hope, this happens everyday. Nah! It takes 10 minutes or more, before the next comes in. Wow, what a nice treat. The advantage of this schedule is that time flies fast, and I still have the rest of the day to spend. That’s about a half day.

My job taught me a lot of things. Though there are times I feel like I am not for this job like when I get stressed out and I get impatient because of a caller who can’t understand no matter how many times you repeat, or an irate guest who makes you angry and irate at the same time, I am grateful for being in this job. I don’t want to focus on the negative. Instead, I want to mention some benefits it gave me

1. On the financial side, we all know that agents earn more than double the income of regular employees. I would say, its triple specially if you are working in a high paying company. But of course, this money goes to our needs. We are even able to buy and afford some wants because of this. I am also able to saved for our future plans.

2. I get to harness my communication skills. I can really compare and see that my speaking skills has radically improved. I can speak up my mind very well now. Blogging has also added up to this, but basically its more on my exposure to speaking to americans. 40 hours a week.

3. My technical knowledge has also improved. I now know how to troubleshoot technical issues. And I know more, about computer related stuff.

4. It taught me to be patient. Yes, I am still struggling on it, but I have improved a lot. I think I am one of the most impatient person. I can’t deal with people who are hard headed and who won’t understand right away. You might see me rolling my eyes. But here, I really learned it. I have to.

There are a lot of other benefits my job gives me. Though, I am not considering for a long time stay here. I am now even planning my way out of it. My dream is to stay at home with baby, and to take care of my family. To be a full time mother, wife, and blogger. But ofcourse, I can’t just give it up just like that.
I have to save, so we can build up a business that will support us financially. I want to go back to school and finish my studies. If you don’ know yet, I was already in 4th year college when I stopped. Yes, a year before graduation and was even expected to graduate with an honor. But that never happened, not because of financial issues, because my education was free. Yeah, I studied in a college owned by Digamon family. Previously it was a corporate of all Digamon family, my dad’s family. But now, it is run by my aunt, my dad’s oldest sister. It was because of some emotional issues and struggles I had with my grandmother. Anyway, I am so happy with my life now, cause I have freedom.
I never thought, I could do this, until I came out my shell and was put in an uncomfortable situation. Left on my own, with only the people I love the most. Yeah, that’s what’s matters most. Where am I going? I don’t know, only God knows. I just rely on him, and take it one at a time. I am not actually aiming for a lot of success. Not the success that you think, career or the like. I am referring to the real success. My definition of it, is to live it the way you want it. And how, do I want to live my life?